If you ever decide to cross the Erne and visit Donegal (and yes, Bundoran is now part of Leitrim) You may want to learn the lingo:
A = I
Aul = Old
Aul Boy = Father
Aul Doll = Mother
Bother = Hassle
Buck = Boy or Man
Canny = Cannot
Cuttie = girl
Dinny = Don’t
Doll = Girl or Woman
Foundered = Extremely cold
Fray = From
Gan = Going
Gawkin = Looking/staring
Geesa = Give me a
Gon =Please
Handlin = Trouble or Fight or Argument
Hi = Used at the start and end of every sentence
Hay = Have
Like = used everywhere and anywhere we can fit it in!
Lock = Small amount of something
Mind = To remember
Mon = Come on
Naw = No
Nuance = Unusual
Pure = Very
Purdies = Potatoes
Rare = Strange or Unusual
Tole = Told
Thon = That
Tight = Cruel
Way'ne = Child
Wee = Small
Well = Hello
Weins = Babies or Children
Wheen = Small amount of something
Wile = Very or Terrible
Yes = Hello
Yer Whan = Her over there
Yer boy = Him over there
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A tole ya stop gawkin at my aul doll. That's a week attempt at speaking Donegal. I need a native to practice with.
That's a weak attempt at spelling English too, but not to worry, I'll find ya some old farmer to talk Donegal with.
I'm not really good at this whole spelling thing either. I noticed another error I made in a post above. My appologies. Just pretend that's the American (therefore incorrect) way of spelling.
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